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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Inventor:
Philip Zumsteg, Excelsior, MN (US);
Assignee:
HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06K 7/0004 (2013.01); G06K 7/0008 (2013.01); G06K 7/10881 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of reading RFID tags may include providing a device that can read barcodes and RFID tags. The barcodes may be attached to an object and respectively having a predetermined sequential read order. While reading the barcodes in the predetermined sequential read order, outputting an interrogation signal to RFID tags so that the RFID tags can be read while the barcode reader moves to sequentially read the barcodes in the predetermined sequential order.